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PE-19 Information Leakage

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
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unchanged PE

Title

Information Leakage

Control

Protect the system from information leakage due to electromagnetic signals emanations.

Discussion

Information leakage is the intentional or unintentional release of data or information to an untrusted environment from electromagnetic signals emanations. The security categories or classifications of systems (with respect to confidentiality), organizational security policies, and risk tolerance guide the selection of controls employed to protect systems against information leakage due to electromagnetic signals emanations.

Related controls

ac-18, pe-18, pe-20

Assessment objective

PE-19 the system is protected from information leakage due to electromagnetic signal emanations.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).